Search results

Clouseau will allow a complete free for all but Marler and Youngs were being split with ease and Poite doesn't like that. To be fair the Fijian tight head was boring in as well but Marler looked terrible. England's obsession with gigantic players at underage level is biting them in the Arse, hee...

Should think Australia will be looking forward to the scrum battle with England. Now that is not something that happens very often.

Just off the top of my head, in the England team both Vunipolas, Robshaw and Joseph would have definitely been 'sports scholars'.

If the Bandy legged assassin is ok after his foot op, 1/2p loss might not be quite so egregious. You would have preferred Williams to slot in for Cuthbert as there are oil tankers that turn quicker than the giant winger but Biggar is a very respectable kicker even if he is not in the 1/2p league...

Really hope Webb and 1/2p are not as bad as they looked. We lost Wally before 2011 and it was a sickener.

Why on God's earth he left out Mumm and Pocock is beyond my comprehension.

I wonder what would happen if a team called for the crowd to boo the Adidas sponsored Haka?

Booing the kicker, no matter who he is, is pathetic. It is Wendy ball type behaviour.

Dreadful, ignorant booing of the kicker.

It certainly is, if Poite was given orders he would take great delight in ignoring them. Just to be clear, he is not a bent ref, he is a bad ref.

Don't understand the changes. Still looking forward to the game. Gwan The Wobblies!!!!!!

You always will with Barnes because he doesn't make tacklers roll, that inevitably favours the defending side and NZ did a lot more defending.

Poite is reffing England V Aus.

Amazed at the criticism of Mumm. I think he has been outstanding for Aus doing all the unglamorous, unseen shit like clearing rucks and pushing in the scrums, every team needs a few Roundheads as well as the cavaliers.

He is indeed. One thing in your favour is that your scrum is looking very solid. Poite is a fecking maniac though and is certainly not a home town ref which will be a positive for Aus.

I didn't say he favoured NZ, I said he let you lie all over the ball like he always does. As you were making more tackles you got away without rolling away. A proper ref who makes the tackler get out of the game speeds things up for the attacking side who were Aus.

South Africa look to be getting just as long in the tooth as New Zealand.

Said the Aussies would win. If it wasn't for that prick Barnes leaving the NZ players to lie all over the ball it would have been by more. I think You are favourites for the RWC in my book.

I fancy Aus to win this one and precipitate a bit of disquiet in NZ, England and the Wale.

Because Leinster are a branch of the IRFU. The rumour is that the ARU and the IRFU have fallen out very badly over this.